Unknown plant

[Alina Freire]

Dear friends:

A colleague of mine visiting MO, Javier Fernandez-Casas (MA),
tells me that if this plant has a gland at the tip of the petiole, it
does not  belong to Jatropha. Many species of the genus
Cnidoscolus (Euphorbiaceae) have white latex and glandules at the
end of
petiole, but they usually have stinging hairs. We think that the
leave is
an inmature one of Carica papaya.

Best wishes,

Alina
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Alina Freire Fierro
Research Associate MO/QCNE
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63116-0299
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